Standard Lemma guide

Yakut

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /jəˈkuːt/
  • /jəˈkʊt/
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  • rhymes with -uːt
  • rhymes with -ʊt

1

name

Meaning 1

The language of these people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki

History

Etymology

From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).

Across languages

Translations

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аиакуыт (ajakʼwətʼ) — language
  • Afrikaans: jakoeties — language
  • Afrikaans: sacha — language
  • Amharic: ሳቃኛ (saḳaña) — language
  • Amharic: ያኩትኛ (yakutña) — language
  • Arabic: اللغة الياقوتية (al-luḡa al-yāqūtiya) — language
  • Arabic: الساخا (al-sāxā) — language
  • Arabic: الياقوتيه (al-yāqūtiyah) — language
  • Assamese: ভাষা ইয়াকুট (bhaxa iakut) — language
  • Azerbaijani: saxa — language
  • Azerbaijani: yakut — language
  • Bashkir: саха (saxa) — language
  • Basque: sakhera — language
  • Basque: jakutera — language
  • Belarusian: якуцкі (jakucki) — language
  • Belarusian: якуцкая (jakuckaja) — language
  • Breton: yakouteg — language
  • Bulgarian: якутски (jakutski) — language
  • Buryat: яхад хэлэн (jaxad xelen) — language
  • Catalan: iacut — language
  • Catalan: sakhà — language
  • Chechen: якутийн (jakutiı̇n) — language
  • Hakka Chinese: yakut-ngî — language
  • Hakka Chinese: sakha-ngî — language
  • Chinese: yakut-gí — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雅庫特語 /雅库特语 (Yǎkùtèyǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩哈語 /萨哈语 (Sàhā yǔ) — language
  • Chuvash: якут (jak̬ut) — language
  • Crimean Tatar: saha — language
  • Crimean Tatar: yaqut — language
  • Czech: jakutština — language
  • Czech: sacha — language
  • Czech: sašština — language
  • Dutch: jakoets — language
  • Erzya: якутонь (jakutoń) — language
  • Esperanto: jakuto — language
  • Estonian: jakuudi — language
  • Estonian: sahha — language
  • Evenki: якутскай (jakutskaj) — language
  • Evenki: екэ̄ды (jekə̄di) — language
  • Evenki: ёко̄ды (jokōdi) — language
  • Farefare: yakutne — language
  • Farefare: yakutre — language
  • Fiji Hindi: sakha — language
  • Finnish: jakuutti — language
  • French: yakoute — language
  • French: iakoute — language
  • North Frisian: jakutisk — language
  • Gagauz: saha — language
  • Galician: iacut — language
  • Galician: sakha — language
  • Georgian: იაკუტური (iaḳuṭuri) — language
  • Georgian: სახა (saxa) — language
  • German: Jakutisch — language
  • Greek: γιακουτική (giakoutikí) — language
  • Greek: σαχά (sachá) — language
  • Greek: σακά (saká) — language
  • Hebrew: יָקוּטִית (yakutit) — language
  • Hebrew: סאחה (sacha) — language
  • Hebrew: יאקוט (yakut) — language
  • Hebrew: סאקה (saka) — language
  • Hindi: साख़ा (sāxā) — language
  • Hindi: याकुती (yākutī) — language
  • Indonesian: yakut — language
  • Ingrian: jakutta — language
  • Irish: sachais — language
  • Italian: sacha — language
  • Italian: jacuta — language
  • Japanese: ヤクート語 (yakūto-go) — language
  • Japanese: サハ語 (saha-go) — language
  • Kazakh: саха (saxa) — language
  • Kazakh: якут (äkut) — language
  • Komi-Permyak: саха (saxa) — language
  • Komi-Permyak: якут (jakut) — language
  • Komi-Zyrian: саха (saxa) — language
  • Korean: 야쿠트어 (Yakuteu-eo) — language
  • Korean: 사하어 (saha'eo) — language
  • Kyrgyz: саха (saha) — language
  • Latin: iacutica — language
  • Latvian: jakutu — language
  • Lezgi: саха (saꭓa) — language
  • Lithuanian: jakutų — language
  • Macedonian: јакутски (jakutski) — language
  • Macedonian: сахаски (sahaski) — language
  • Malay: Yakut — language
  • Malay: Sakha — language
  • Malayalam: യക്കുത്ത് (yakkuttŭ) — language
  • Malayalam: സഖ (sakha) — language
  • Māori: hākuti — language
  • Marathi: साखा (sākhā) — language
  • Marathi: याकुत (yākut) — language
  • Eastern Mari: якут (jakut) — language
  • Mazanderani: یاکوتی (yâkuti) — language
  • Mazanderani: ساخا (sâxâ) — language
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠺᠦ᠋ᠲ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (yaküt kele) — language
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠻᠦ᠋ᠲ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (yaküt kele) — language
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠾᠠ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (saha qele) — language
  • Mongolian: якут хэл (jakut xel) — language
  • Mongolian: саха хэл (saxa xel) — language
  • Nivkh: ёӄоӈ (joqoŋ) — language
  • Nivkh: ёӄо (joqo) — language
  • Norwegian: jakutisk — language
  • Norwegian: sakha — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sakha — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jakutisk — language
  • Occitan: iacot — language
  • Occitan: sakha — language
  • Ossetian: якутаг (jakutag) — language
  • Pashto: ياکوتي (yākuti) — language
  • Pashto: سخا (saxā) — language
  • Persian: یاقوتی (yâquti) — language
  • Persian: ساخا (sâxâ) — language
  • Piedmontese: yakut — language
  • Polish: jakucki — language
  • Portuguese: iacuto — language
  • Portuguese: sakha — language
  • Portuguese: yakut — language
  • Punjabi: ਜਾਕੁਤ (jākut) — language
  • Punjabi: ਸਾਖਾ (sākhā) — language
  • Punjabi: ساکھا (sākhā) — language
  • Russian: яку́тский (jakútskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: јакутски, саха — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: jakutski, saha — language
  • Spanish: yakuto — language
  • Spanish: yakutio — language
  • Swedish: jakutiska — language
  • Turkish: yakutça — language
  • Turkish: sahaca — language
  • Uzbek: yoqut — language
  • Uzbek: saxa — language
  • Yakut: саха тыла (saqa tïla) — language
  • Yakut: сахалыы (saqalïï) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雅庫特人 /雅库特人 (Yǎkùtè rén) — people
  • French: Yakoute — people
  • Russian: яку́т (jakút) — people
  • Spanish: yakuto — people
  • Spanish: yakutio — people